Lesson Title:
| Society |
Subject Area:
| English Language Arts |
Grade Level:
| Tenth Grade |
Unit Title:
| Themes in The Giver by Lois Lowry |
HSCE:
| CE 3.1.5 Comparatively analyze two or more literary or expository texts, comparing how and why similar themes are treated differently, by different authors, in different types of text, in different historical periods, and/or from different cultural perspectives. CE 3.1.7 Analyze and evaluate the portrayal of various groups, societies, and cultures in literature and other texts. CE 3.1.9 Analyze how the tensions among characters, communities, themes, and issues in literature and other texts reflect human experience. |
NETS-S:
| 3.b. Locate, organize, analyze, evaluate, synthesize, and ethically use information from a variety of sources and media 3.c. Evaluate and select information sources and digital tools based on the appropriateness to specific tasks 3.d. Process data and report results |
Essential Questions:
| What is dystopia? What is utopia? How is Jonas’ society a dystopia? How is Jonas’ society a utopia? In what ways can other dystopian/utopian works be compared to The Giver? |
Objectives:
| Students will complete a Webquest, which will require them to view websites selected by the teacher, and then answer questions/follow directions (provided next to each link) regarding the information found on the given sites in relation to the novel. |
Tools and Resources: |
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Rationale:
| This lesson is an interactive way for students to apply outside information to the novel being studied in class. Also, it will help students to better understand the theme of society in The Giver. The use of the internet also allows students to get information for more than one source easily. |
| Sequence of Activities: |
Anticipatory Questions/Activity: | Students will be given 5 minutes to respond in their reading journals to the following prompt: How is Jonas’ Community different from your own or similar to your own? |
Body of Lesson Plan: Segment #1
| After the students respond in their journals, the teacher will move the class to a computer lab. Once in the computer lab the teacher will hand out a sheet that included directions for the assignment and the link to the Hotlist page they have created (http://www.kn.att.com/wired/fil/pages/listthegiverb.html). Students may work with a partner if they wish. |
Segment #2
| Each link found on the teacher’s hotlist page includes directions written next to it. The students view each site and follow the direction that goes along with it. |
Segment #3 (Includes multiple intelligence strategy: Hands-on, small groups, reteaching strategy) |
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Segment #4 (Detailed directions on how to complete activity)
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